Battle Map

Ships occupy individual hexagonal zones inside the selected campaign sector. Edge zones provide entrances and possible retreat exits to neighboring campaign sectors.

Stars, planets, and other astral objects occupy zones, contribute to sector value, and can block movement or lines of fire. Ships cannot occupy the same zone.

The left HUD shows the active unit with its name, faction, class, and system levels. The right HUD shows a selected unit or the active unit’s current target.

Healthy or charged systems use the faction’s interface color; damage uses its warning color. Select a ship HUD to open the enlarged Ship Inspector, then touch outside to close it.

The enlarged readout shows movement profile, firing arrays, speed, and system condition. Speed reflects the last movement and affects how hard the ship is to hit.

The top event log displays the newest battle event, including round changes, total attack damage, repairs, recharges, retreats, and destroyed ships.

Select the log to open its drawer and review up to thirty recent events. Select outside the open drawer to close it before interacting with the map.

The large hexagonal sector-status indicator normally uses the owner’s color. During battle it switches to the alert color and pulses when Red Alert is enabled. The lower-right Red Alert icon toggles that pulse.

Astral objects obstruct movement and weapons fire. Change their purple outlines in Battle Settings. The two brightness icons adjust the map display.

Auto Move authorizes the AI to make one move with an available unit.

In a Quick Battle, hold Auto Resolve to give the AI control of your faction. It changes to Cancel Auto. Select Cancel Auto to regain control as soon as the current action is complete.

Hold Skip Round to end your faction’s remaining activations for the round. Unused power remains assigned to defense.

Zone Messages toggles brief messages on selected zones. Wave Scan toggles the animated movement and weapons-coverage scan. Ship Names cycles between names, classes, and unmarked ships.

Object Outline toggles purple astral-object outlines. Zone IDs cycles between no labels, numbers, and coordinates. Combat Text toggles damage, repair, and event feedback; Back Stars toggles the moving starfield.

Battle Move Speed changes animation duration only, not movement range or combat rules. Voice, Music, and Sound Effects are synchronized with the other settings pages. Close Panel or a touch outside returns to the map.